Lot 1
Straits pre-stamp documents











The Orchard Road Collection of Malaya Revenues | S26028
Auction: 29 October 19:00 SGT
Description
Pre-stamp documents. 1827 Deed of Sale between the East India Company and Shaikh Abdul Cadu, fair strike of SINGAPORE RESIDENCY Seal in red; 1831 Deed of Sale with a fine strike of the same Seal; 1842 Deed with a good strike, the printed form specifying “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered, at Singapore, where stamps are not in use or to be had”; 1844 East India Company lease, bearing the latest recorded use of the Seal. Five further Indentures from 1844, 1847, 1858, 1860 and 1861. Signatories include the first and second Governors, John Prince the founder of Bukit Timah and Charles Ryan the first Postmaster; an interesting and historic group











